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Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants (NOC 4163)

Cape Breton Region

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Business development officers and marketing researchers and consultants conduct research, formulate policies and manage programs to stimulate industrial and commercial business investment or tourism in urban and rural areas, or to promote commercial or industrial products and services. They are employed by government departments, international organizations, marketing firms and business associations or may be self-employed.

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The future forecast and current conditions for an occupation can vary based on location or due to changes in the economy, technology, or demand for a product or service.

Information on the 3-Year Employment Outlooks for certain occupational groupings is not currently available on Job Bank. Until the completion of the analysis based on the 2011 National Occupational Classification is complete in December 2016, please consult the Open Data website or contact the Labour Market Information Division ( NC-LMI-IMT-GD@hrsdc-rhdcc.gc.ca ) to obtain further information for occupations for which outlooks are not currently available.

Provincial / Territorial Labour Market News

Week of Nov 28 - Dec 02, 2016

About 200 to 300 jobs are expected to be created on the construction of the Maristella, a $100M, 36-storey hotel and condominium project planned to be completed by 2019 as part of the massive King's Wharf development project in Dartmouth

Farmer's Daughter Market in Whycocomagh has recently hired five new employees. The owners say it was necessary to advertise widely, as small businesses in rural areas workers are often limited by a small pool of workers.

Week of Nov 21 - Nov 25, 2016

Halifax Convention Centre Corp., operator of the city's convention centre, will likely add 160 workers to its current staff of about 200 when it moves into the larger Nova Centre. Completion of the Nova Centre has been delayed until late 2017.

Halifax welcomed 136 visits from cruise ships in 2016, compared to 141 in 2015. The 238,000 passengers in 2016 represented a 7% increase over 2015 and accounted for an active season along the waterfront, according to the Port Authority.

Week of Nov 14 - Nov 18, 2016

Atlantic Bottle Wash will open a facility in Burnside in March 2017 to recycle and sell bottles to microbreweries. The company has three employees, plans to hire 12 to 15 more when it starts production, and perhaps an additional 20 to 30 as it expands.

Seafood and automotive parts exports are expected to drive the manufacturing industry in Nova Scotia in 2016 and 2017, according to the Conference Board of Canada. Mining activity will likely slow.

The Irving Shipbuilding project and construction activity at Dartmouth Crossing, Kings Wharf, downtown Halifax, and on the Macdonald Bridge will fuel economic activity in Halifax in 2016 and 2017, according to the Conference Board of Canada. However, despite some overall growth in the retail sector, employment there is expected to remain stagnant.

Peace by Chocolate, a small chocolate factory started by a family of Syrian refugees in August 2016 in Antigonish, has recently hired three local workers. The factory may need to hire more people for an expected busy Christmas season.

The Nova Scotia government is crediting a $4.7M strategy it implemented in 2016 with helping employers recruit and retain nurses in the province. The strategy provides orientation and support to new graduates.